Or at least ICQ!
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I'm no authority on art at all. Just an older man who likes they he sees here.
You killed it! 🔥🔥🔥
The detail in the distortion the glass causes around the edges is peak! Everything else looked so good I immediately checked the edges and was delighted to see the distortion!
No notes, 10/10!
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That's a lot of wasted space filled with air. Pack that shit with cream cheese at least!
I'm just not ready for her to be gone.
We have several of her books in our house and have read them to our granddaughter.
Several of her songs and covers of those songs have permanent space on my playlists.
I'm just happy I got to live at a time where I got to experience her art as she was making it and the impact she had on is as she was doing it.
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The ethical stuff is a real issue, not just how the training is derived but wealth inequality being accelerated and so on.
That said if you find yourself in a place where it's "use AI or lose your job", using AI is probably best unless you're independently wealthy already.
And if you're in that place, don't use it wrong. Make sure to train the AI you're using on correct (and ethically sourced) materials. GPTs your company pays for will have a path to this for example.
Just asking an untrained AI specific questions about your work isn't likely to end well. And then people give up on the tool and eventually lose their job over it.
It sucks ass, and I expect down votes for even sharing this. But I know too many people who have been let go and are really struggling to find another job. So do what you need you do to keep feeding your family.
And vote against the assholes putting us in this place. Join a Union if you can, etc.
I had given up on my art after decades of no progress. I spent the time I would have spent on improving my art (and many other things) on raising my children instead.
When A1111 came out I tried it and was trying to train it on my old art. I thought maybe AI can bridge the gap in my technical shortcomings.
I got frustrated that I couldn't get it to replicate my style so I bought a wacom knockoff to fill in the blanks where the AI struggled. That lead to more actual practice and me getting better without AI and shortly there after giving up on AI image generation.
Now I can do some pretty good stuff I could never do two or three years ago. And the be toy that is AI got me started again.
I never considered anything I did with A1111 to be "art", it was a toy I was trying to push to its limits and that processes got me back into a hobby I love.
I try to do business with mom and pop shops as much as possible. All the local mom and pop tire shops have been bought out over the years and become trash.
I went back to DT after a 20+ year hiatus and found their service, pricing, and willingness to work with me delightful.
For example my car uses a very specific tire and I got a flat on the side wall. They just happened to keep a set from a previous driver in near new condition to replace that one tire for labor only until the very specific tire could be brought in 3 weeks later!
Then they discounted the original labor off the new tire purchase price.
This is my experience. We already have Apple TV so it saved me money. I still use the F1 app to steam to my TV and keep a tablet open on my lap watching specific drivers like always.
Thank you! Totally worth the effort. I feel younger now than I did 15 years ago in most ways.
Lol it does! Though I picked the name many moons ago when I couldn't find a unique user name for the Xbox. And at the time I was very fat. Now in just a bit overweight but I keep the name.
When I get new tools or feel like I've progressed far enough in my skills I like to do a self portrait. Since I know my face better than anyone else's it's a good baseline for me. My wife took the reference picture and I think it's extra good.
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She's a badass. From Dune to Spiderman and much more.
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Admit it, you're reading this in his slow, deep, sultry voice. I know I'm typing in it.
What is your favorite role of his?
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I love him in Rob Roy, Pulp Fiction, and many other flicks.
Tried gray adjacent colors and I don't care as much for how it turned out. Thought it would add some warmth but it just looks weird to me.
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Back to measuring, drawing without it is exhausting like any new skill. This is slower but comfortable and more accurate.
I like the monochrome with the bold colorful background so I kept.
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Getting better at likeness without measuring. This one I inversed probably a dozen times before I started rendering. It helped a ton as recommended!
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This reference was fairly neutrally lite which made it hard to paint. A better likeness than the last few. Practice is helping.
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Of the speed paintings I'm happiest with this though without measuring its still not a good enough likeness. But until I get far enough in rendering I'm blind to the problem.
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